Fans Argue Whether “Isn’t She Lovely” Needledrop is for Tam or Emrakul

(Spoiler warnings for Reality Fracture’s story, but honestly at this point you should have read it anyway because it’s really damn good. Also some cartoon about a clown and a rabbit or something.)

Seattle, WA — Following the emotionally powerful finale of Reality Fracture’s story, the dozens have taken to the internet to argue whether or not a blindingly obvious trans allegory is actually text or simply the mad gibberings of the terminally gendered.

Last week of this article’s writing, Magic fans worldwide got a sneak peak at Reality Fracture’s finale at select theaters, with many ugly-crying during the climax where Tam is revealed to be the best parts of Jace. Specifically, the parts that are a girl. She then calls upon her platonic elder god bestie to annihilate billions of fake people who shouldn’t have existed in the first place, to the tune of a surprisingly convincing cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” as Emrakul devours multiple planes. It ends with Tam giving herself a “happy birthday” to really drive the point home.

“Eh, I don’t see it,” straight cis man Billy Fartson told us, against our will. “I think it’s pretty obvious that the ‘she’ who’s lovely and less than 10 minutes old is Emrakul, a creature as old as the universe itself.” Fartson, who does not personally know anyone who’s not also straight and cis, continued regardless of our pleas: “I mean, you’re not going to argue that she isn’t, are you?” We exited the interview before I had to hear him say “Emrakussy” unironically, as I had heard it more than enough in private Discord servers.

We contacted Wendy Cartblanche, noted sociologist in the field of fandoms, about people’s unwillingness to understand basic metaphors. “Well, there’s a few contributing factors, including the general decline of media literacy skills and insular communities, but the biggest one usually lends itself to one or more in a community refusing to acknowledge others’ point of view and listening to logical arguments. What is this specifically about, anyway?” After a quick rundown, she continued, “Oh. Huh. Well, I suppose that can be a trans allegory. Seems more like a ‘resurrection’ and ‘the importance of second chances’ thing. Was it written by a trans person? It wasn’t? Then mmmmaybe it’s one of those ‘it wasn’t intentional but you can take it that way if you want’ kinds of things. It’s important to not alienate people with your points of view, you know.” As this wasn’t what I wanted to hear, I thanked her for her time as we took our leave. 

When pressed for comment, Gooseworx told us, “I didn’t have anything to do with this, why the hell are you asking me? Leave me alone.”